If you find yourself meandering through Michigan in search of fall color, check out these events:
*The unveiling of the “Leonardo da Vinci’s Horse” sculpture, a 24-foot-tall, 15-ton work based on da Vinci’s designs and created by artist Nina Akamu, will take place at 8 a.m. Thursday at the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. The ceremony will feature a performance by the U.S. Marine Corps Band and a Renaissance processional. For details/directions: 616-957-1580.
*Take in the fall colors from the vantage point of a riverboat, horse-drawn carriage or the air at the Color Cruise & Island Festival, Oct. 8-10 in Grand Ledge. Pioneer activities include: cider pressing, apple butter-making, pumpkin painting. 517-627-2383.
*Lansing’s Apple Butter Festival, Oct. 16-17 at Fenner Nature Center, will offer demos on apple butter and cidermaking – plus early American crafts such as basketry, weaving and wood carving. 517-483-4224.
*The Jollay Orchards Family Fun, in Coloma, features hayrides to pick apples and pumpkins, farm market and haunted house weekends through Oct. 31. 616-468-3075.
*The Pumpkin Train in Coopersville, weekends through Oct. 31, offers a historical train ride that stops at a pumpkin patch for kids to pick their own gourd. 800-303-4097.
